
Title
Assistant ProfessorOffice Building
Harding HallOffice
241Mailing Address
Harding Hall 241Economics A&S-Box 2220
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007
Education
Ph.D., Agricultural, Food & Resource Economics, Michigan State UniversityMS, Agricultural, Food & Resource Economics, Michigan State University
BA, Economics & Mathematics, Carthage College
Academic Responsibilities
AGEC 371 Agricultural Business ManagementAGEC 479 Agricultural Policy
AGEC 485/585 Farming and Food Systems Economics
MKTG/ECON 476/576 Marketing Research
Awards and Honors
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Researcher (2022-2023)Ness School Graduate Teacher of the Year (2021-2022)
2022 National Excellence in Extension Team Award
Grants
Leschewski A, Baker S, Roe A, Pybus, K, Udahogora, M, Shelnutt, K, and Pierce, S.2021. A cost-benefit analysis of EFNEP utilizing biomarkers of chronic disease risk. USDA
NIFA AFRI- Program Priority Area A1344 Diet Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic
Diseases. ($963,386)
Professional Memberships
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA)Area(s) of Research
Food and Nutrition Policy, Consumer Demand, Food and Agribusiness ManagementApplications of Research
A Leschewski, MC Aragon, S Baker, D Weatherspoon, K Barale, G Auld, and R Acquah-Sarpong. 2023. EFNEP Generates Economic Value Through BMI Improvement: A Cost-Benefit Analysis. Journal of Extension. (Forthcoming).A Leschewski, D Davis. 2023. Nutrition Assistance Program Take-Up Given Multiprogram Eligibility. Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. 2(1): 35-50.
A Leschewski, C Sellnow. 2021. Determinants of US Household Expenditures on Fortified Fruit Juice. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. 0(0):1-14.
N Jahan, A Leschewski, and D Davis. 2020. Restaurant Tipping Discrimination: Evidence from a Representative Sample of US Households. Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization. (In-Press)
A Leschewski and D Davis. 2020. The Nutritional Quality of Food Purchases at SNAP-Authorized and Unauthorized Non-Traditional Retailers. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 15(6): 851-865.
A Leschewski and A Kuhns. 2020. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation and Current Restricted Food Expenditures: Implications for Policy. Public Health Nutrition. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980020000749.
A Lovgren, RB Ross, A Leschewski and HC Peterson. 2019. Do Entrepreneurial Assistance Programs Create Value for Agri-Food Entrepreneurs? Entrepreneurship Research Journal. 10(1).
Leschewski, A and D Weatherspoon. 2018. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Current and Proposed Restricted Food Expenditures. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 55(3): e70-e77.
A Leschewski, D Weatherspoon, and A Kuhns. 2018. Household Acquisition of Healthy Food Away from Home. British Food Journal 120(3): 588-601.
A Leschewski, D Weatherspoon, and A Kuhns. 2017. Rethinking Household Demand for Food Diversity. British Food Journal 119(6): 1176-1188.
A Leschewski, D Weatherspoon, and A Kuhns. A Segmented Hedonic Analysis of the Nutritional Composition of Fruit Beverages. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 19(3).
A Leschewski, and D Weatherspoon. 2014. Fast Food Restaurant Pricing Strategies in Michigan Food Deserts. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review Special Issue: Food Demand, Diet and Health: 147-170.
Department(s)
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